Islamabad
\nThe Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) on Monday announced that the nation would host two ITF W15,000 USD Women\u2019s Futures tournaments in Islamabad, starting on October 5, 2026, ahead of the Billie Jean King Cup. This marks another historic milestone for Pakistan and the Pakistan Tennis Federation, as it will be the first time two back-to-back ITF W15,000 USD Women\u2019s Futures tournaments are being held in the country.
\nThis milestone reflects PTF\u2019s commitment to promoting women\u2019s tennis and providing international competition opportunities at home. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, President-PTF, said: \u201cWe successfully provided strong opportunities for our men\u2019s players through ITF Men\u2019s Futures tournaments. Now, we are proud to host two ITF W-15000 USD Women\u2019s Futures tournaments in October, giving our female players a chance to earn ranking points and gain international exposure at home.\u201d
\nHe added that these events will allow Pakistan\u2019s top women players to compete internationally without heavy travel costs and will help prepare them for the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup. Ushna Suhail, Mahin Aftab, Soha Ali, Romaisa Malik,Bismal Zia, Meheq Khokhar, Zunaisha Noor, Zainab Ali Raja, Fatima Ali Raja, Laibah Durab, and other emerging talents are expected to benefit from this initiative.
\nThe Pakistan Women\u2019s Tennis Association, established in 2024 by the President-PTF, continues to support the growth and empowerment of women\u2019s tennis in Pakistan. Asma Khawar Khawaja, President, Pakistan Women Tennis Association, said: \u201cThese W-15000 USD tournaments strengthen Pakistan\u2019s position in international tennis and reflect PTF\u2019s efforts to develop women\u2019s tennis and nurture future champions.\u201d
\nCol Zia-ud-Din Tufail, Secretary General-PTF, said: \u201cHosting back-to-back W-15000 USD events is a major achievement and will greatly benefit players through increased international exposure at home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) on Monday announced that the nation would host two ITF W15,000 USD Women\u2019s Futures tournaments in Islamabad, starting on October 5, 2026, ahead of the Billie Jean King Cup. This marks another historic milestone for Pakistan and the Pakistan Tennis Federation, as it will be the first time two …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":78363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98776,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98758\/revisions\/98776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}